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squirmy, a.|ˈskwɜːmɪ|
[f. squirm v.]
1. Given to squirming or writhing; wriggly.
1836Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xv, It makes them as squirmy as an eel. 1906Macm. Mag. Sept. 810 You've got to put horrid squirmy things on to hooks.
2. Of the nature of a squirm.
1885Mrs. C. Praed Affinities I. ii. 29 You can drive away the queer, squirmy sensation that has taken hold of me. 1922E. Raymond Tell England i. ii. 46, I felt a pleasing, squirmy excitement to think that we were to walk on to the..field in the company of the great Middlesex amateur. 1943D. Powell Time to be Born viii. 182 It was a squirmy feeling and reminded Ken..that..the carapace should be a little thicker. 1982Barr & York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 57/1 One would never talk about true feelings—excessive piety is rather squirmy. |